Episode 1 Points of View

And we're back. Welcome to the show that gives YOU the chance

to have YOUR say on the BBC television programmes

you've loved and loathed.

This is your Points Of View.

Last weekend was, of course, Easter,

and the BBC marked the occasion with some dedicated programmes.

You were happy with their offering.

CHORAL MUSIC PLAYS

THE POPE SPEAKS LATIN

Good Friday on BBC one saw Fern Britton travel to Jerusalem

for a life-changing journey

in search of the real story of Jesus's final days on earth.

It is truly amazing when you think that that person

-who is so important for millions of people across the world...

-Yeah.

-that he was actually at this spot.

-Yes.

He would have known this place, yes.

And recognised the features that you see around you.

Oh, Shimmala, what a story.

High praise, indeed, for Fern.

And onto a different journey. Peter Capaldi is back in the TARDIS

for the tenth series of Doctor Who.

This is the final outing for Capaldi

as he passes the sonic screwdriver to Doctor number 13.

I'll see you at 6pm every weekday. I don't care who is dying.

Never, ever be late. I'm very particular about time.

Oh, um...

People just call you the doctor.

What do I call you?

The Doctor.

But doctor's not a name. I can't just call you Doctor.

Dr What?

In the opening episode last Saturday,

we met new companion Bill Potts, played by Pearl Mackie.

You were keen to send your thoughts on her debut.

Peter Capaldi and his new assistant,

as played by Pearl Mackie,

were absolutely fantastic.

It's never easy introducing a brand-new character

into any series, let alone Doctor Who,

whilst keeping the narrative moving forward

as you have to introduce the character to the Doctor

and also to the public at large.

But I think Steven Moffat did a first-class job.

I think this series of Doctor Who

has a new freshness about it

with great acting and great

scriptwriting by all involved.

And I think it's going to be

a good pairing with Pearl Mackie and

Peter Capaldi.

Ah, Ace, played by Sophie Aldred, companion of the seventh Doctor,

first appeared on screen in 1987.

You didn't know I was a Whovian.

The new series, the new companion receiving rave reviews, then.

And it continues on BBC ONE, Saturday nights

at 7:20 PM.

From science fiction to science fact now,

and the BBC's latest natural history series.

Liz Bonnin joined a scientific team on an expedition across the

Galapagos Islands to carry out important research

that will help protect the area and its inhabitants.

Wolf Volcano.

Sitting above the clouds.

It is the tallest volcano in the Galapagos, 1,700 metres.

You thought it was visually stunning

but audibly not so much.

An expedition like this on this sort of scale

has never been attempted in the Galapagos before.

Strong words for a complaint we have had on our desk time and again.

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Now in its 19th series, Holby City is always appointment to view,

every Tuesday on BBC ONE.

And the writers are never afraid to tackle the tough issues.

Thee recent domestic abuse storyline between Dominic and Isaac

had you gripped.

I'm proud of you.

Proud?!

Could you be any more patronising?

You make me do this, Dominic.

No, I'm not.

We caught up with David Ames, the actor who plays

Dr Dominic Copeland.

Domestic abuse on any level is an important subject to be shown

on national television.

Gay domestic abuse is something that is rarely touched upon.

For Dominic and Isaac at the moment,

this relationship has been going for a few months,

and to look back, you would see that the seeds of emotional abuse

were there throughout.

I feel the writers on the show, the directors,

everyone involved here on Holby City give everything to ensure

that what are usually considered minority voices

are given a prime-time slot to be aired.

But it's not been a totally clean bill of health

according to some of you.

Well, we decided to put this concern to Holby City directly.

Avid viewer Lesley Hatcher

visited the set to meet the BBC's head of continuing drama series,

Oliver Kent.

This is our set. This is our cafe

and where all the emotional stuff happens.

So this is Darwin Ward, the original ward from the show which,

now, obviously, we've expanded hugely.

After a tour of the set, it was down to business.

First of all, I'd like to say that I like Holby City.

And I feel that the two gay storylines on the programme

have taken over the content.

I don't have any problem portraying gay relationships on the screen,

but I feel the balance between the two medical storylines

and these relationships is disproportionate.

We feel that within Holby City, we represent all of modern Britain.

Representing gay characters on television is contemporary

and is current and there is no reason why we shouldn't.

We play to a very wide audience, not all of whom look and sound like me.

And therefore, it's important that we cover absolutely

everything within the world of Holby City.

Why do you feel it's important to include

so many gay storylines in this programme?

So we have four out of our 18 characters that,

at the moment, are of a gay persuasion.

I don't think that is an overrepresentation,

and it feels like modern urban life to those of us who make the show

and to most of our audience.

In the 19 years of Holby's history, we have had a huge number of

characters of all different types of ethnicity and sexual orientation,

something that we are very, very proud of and we always have been.

Are you trying to comply with the BBC Diversity Programme

by including so many gay characters?

There is no specific requirement for us to include any particular area.

There are no quotas, there are no targets.

Holby City is ultimately a character-led show.

It's not as if we would choose an issue and say,

"Today, we are going to do gay bullying.

"Today, we are going to do an issue about female sexuality."

It's always, always character first.

Well, thank you for listening to me today.

-Thank you very much.

-A pleasure.

I thought Oliver explained the way they put the storylines together

very well, I was very pleased with what he said

and I understand now why they emphasised

certain parts of it so much. But I'm quite happy with it

and I'll continue to watch this programme in the future.

Thank you, Lesley, for going to hospital for us.

Now, from Holby to hotels,

and BBC TWO has been giving us a rare glimpse beyond the lobby.

The hotel's got five stars,

but one of the presenters didn't score quite so highly.

They come with their hands clean and they haven't wiped their hands.

And they go like that.

Ha-ha. So that's why we always do with the cloth

when you touch the car.

Even if my hands are really clean, it...

Yes, it's always the clean. Ha-ha.

That's amazing. So then you can close it without touching it?

Oh, my goodness!

Can I slide over the top, you know, like in the Dukes Of Hazzard?

No. Ha-ha-ha!

We can't use that. I'm really sorry.

Finally, it's All Round To Mrs Brown's

for a good old knees up.

# So It's All Round To Mrs Brown's. #

The Irish matriarch is back on our screens

with a big BBC ONE Saturday night show

featuring celebrity guests, music and chat.

It's proving to be a good night in.

-Agnes...

-What, Winnie?

-Why do most women have problems

-with their husbands?

-Some women do, but most women don't.

-Well, who don't, then?

-Widows.

-Jesus himself often used metaphors.

-Yeah, he did.

Like when he would say "flock".

HE GRUNTS

Flock.

Flock, like "Get ye here, my flock. That was a metaphor for "people."

Oh, right. So when he said fish, what did he mean?

Fish.

A touching review indeed.

The man behind the make-up sent us this message.

Hello! Hello, Points Of View. Good to talk to you.

Listen, I only want to say, that beautiful Tweet

that that man made,

about his mother, and how he heard her laugh?

I'm delighted.

And let me tell you something, you get good reviews and you get

bad reviews and that's the way it goes, but you know what?

That's the best review. He-he!

-The rest of them can just

-BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP

-off.

Mrs Brown herself. Great stuff.

Well, that is it from us for another week.

We are back next Sunday at the hopefully memorable time of 4.05pm.

See you then.